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Philosopher, Writer, Poet
About Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater (15 November 1741 – 2 January 1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher and theologian.
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“All great minds sympathize.”
“The public seldom forgive twice.”
“The craftiest wiles are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.”
“All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich.”
“Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with him.”
“He who makes too much or too little of himself has a false measure for everything.”
“You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.”
“There are but three classes of men — the retrograde, the stationary, the progressive.”
“Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.”
“He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.”
“Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed — nature never pretends.”
“Trust him little who praises all, him less who censures all, and him least of all who is indifferent about all.”
“He who has no taste for order will be often wrong in his judgements, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.”
“Who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius among those who study nature.”
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View all 2 quotes on Pretension →Johann Kaspar Lavater on Goodness
“Good can be done by the bad — but the good alone can be good.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater on Honesty
Johann Kaspar Lavater on Duty
Johann Kaspar Lavater on Beneficence
“Every day should be distinguished by at least one particular act of love.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater on Affectation
“All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater on Fanaticism
Johann Kaspar Lavater on Anger
“He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater on Heaven
“The generous who is always just, and the just who is always generous, may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater on Conversation
“Who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers, and ceases when he has no more to say, is in possession of some of the best requisites of man.”
About Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater (15 November 1741 – 2 January 1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher and theologian.